Applicants must have earned a high school diploma or equivalent and have been out of high school for six or more years by the time of proposed enrollment at Brown. Veterans may request a waiver of the six years out of high school requirement, to be considered on a case-by-case basis.

Individuals who have earned a previous bachelor’s degree or have substantially more than two years of full-time college experience are not eligible for the program.

Applicants with little or no college experience are considered RUE first-year applicants; those with one to two years of college credits are considered RUE transfer applicants.

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RUE applicants should complete the RUE application (not the Common Application). The application deadline for RUE applicants is March 1 for entrance in September of the same year (preferred) or January of the following year. Please note that the application is updated annually and the new application is available in October.